eye
To carefully or appraisingly observeTo carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something).
» He hit me in the eye.
Он ударил меня в глаз. — Balamax
Он попал мне в глаз. — Balamax
Він ударив мене в око. — miketheknight
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5 senses(transitive)To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something).
After eyeing the document for half an hour, she decided not to sign it.
They went out and eyed the new car one last time before deciding.
beäugen
смотре́тьsmotrétʹ, рассма́триватьrassmátrivatʹ
(transitive)To consider.
Mr. Smith is eyeing a departmental reorganization plan.
(transitive)To remove the reproductive buds from (potatoes).
(transitive)To allow (fish eggs) to develop so that the black eye spots are visible.
(intransitive, obsolete)To appear; to look.
look at
Examples
5542 sentencesHe hit me in the eye.
Він ударив мене в око. — miketheknight
ruОн ударил меня в глаз. — Balamax
He looked me in the eye.
Він подивився мені в очі. — aandrusiak
ruОн посмотрел мне в глаза. — sharptoothed
deEr schaute mir in die Augen. — Manfredo
He is blind in one eye.
Він сліпий на одне око. — aandrusiak
ruОн слепой на один глаз. — NastyaKayokhtina
deEr ist auf einem Auge blind. — Kerstin
I saw tears in her eyes.
Я бачив сльози в її очах. — ascolto
ruЯ увидел в её глазах слёзы. — marafon
I'd like to buy eye drops.
Я хотів би купити краплі для очей. — deniko
ruЯ хотела бы купить глазные капли. — elsteris
deIch würde gerne Augentropfen kaufen. — Zaghawa
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English e, eye, eyghe, eyȝe, eȝhe, iȝe, ye, yhe, from Old English ēage, ēge (“From Middle English e, eye, eyghe, eyȝe, eȝhe, iȝe, ye, yhe, from Old English ēage, ēge (“eye”), from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Related to ogle.
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Forms
eyes, eyeing, eyed, eyedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- an an eye
- an eye on
- closed his eyes
- his eyes closed
- with his eyes
- eyes closed
- his eyes and
- close your eyes
- blue eyes
- black eye
- keep your eyes
- opened his eyes